BREAKING highlights: Bodies of 3 unidentified women found in a dam in UP's Jhansi, probe begins

Bodies of three unidentified women were found in Saparar (Kuchaira) dam in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh late on Saturday. They are aged between 19 and 25. An investigation into the matter has begun.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday passed an interim order directing that both Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions shall not use the name "Shiv Sena" or the symbol "bow and arrow" in the Andheri East bypolls till the matter is finally decided. Read more

A New Delhi-Varanasi semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express train developed a technical glitch on Saturday resulting in a delay for the passengers, said a railway official.

Four persons, including three children, died in a gas cylinder explosion, news agency PTI reported.

A fire broke out on the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai's Chembur area on Saturday afternoon, a civic official said. There were no reports of anyone getting injured and the fire was extinguished and cooling operations were underway. Read more

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday anyone who wants to make an investment in the state will be welcomed, be it home minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah or industrialist Gautam Adani. Gehlot's statement comes a day after he praised Adani during an investment summit that drew flak from a string of BJP leaders. Read more

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that whoever is elected as the party's new president next month, “will not be remote-controlled” by the Gandhi family, and have a free hand in taking decisions. Read more

I oppose the fact that BJP govt has made 2-3 people the monopolist in every business in India, I am against this concentration of capital, I am not against business or co-operates: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

Gujarat ATS and Indian Coast Guard have caught a Pakistani boat 'Al Sakar' near International Maritime Boundary Line, 50 km from Gujarat, news agency ANI reported. "The boat carried 6 Pakistani men & 50 kg of heroin with a value of ₹350 cr was seized from them," the agency quoted Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia.

PM Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat on 9-11 Oct. He will dedicate and lay foundation stone of projects worth over ₹14,500 crores in the state. He will declare Modhera as India’s first 24x7 solar-powered village.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda inaugurate the new state office of the party in Guwahati, Assam.

'Induction of women Agniveers next year,' announces IAF chief VR Chaudhari on Air Force Day.

India logs 2,797 fresh Covid infections today, active cases drop below 30,000.

At least eleven people including a child died after a bus caught fire in Maharashtra's Nashik Friday night, reported news agency ANI quoting the police. Read more here

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to attend the Indian Air Force Day celebrations in Chandigarh today.

Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Mayasandra, Tumakuru in Karnataka.

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has hiked the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Delhi by ₹3 per kg to ₹78.61 per Kg. For Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, the CNG price has been hiked to ₹81.17 per Kg, while in Gurugram, it will cost ₹86.94 per Kg.

Maharashtra: Several parts of Mumbai face waterlogging due to incessant heavy rainfall.